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India will not cross red lines on generic drugs in RCEP, but stay vigilant, say officials
25-Oct-2017 The Wire
Healthcare watchers are calling on India to resist RCEP
Is India ready to face US heat on bilateral ‘trade imbalance’?
25-Oct-2017 Live Mint
There is a pattern in the US’ trade demands which seldom change, regardless of the administration in power.
Morocco and EU discuss amending agriculture deal
25-Oct-2017 Morocco World News
The two sides discussed the amendment of the Morocco-EU agriculture agreement, after the European Court of Justice ruled in December 2016 that is not applicable to goods from Western Sahara.
Fifth meeting of the EPA trade committee EU-Pacific states EPA
25-Oct-2017 European Commission
The fifth trade committee under the EU-Pacific states interim EPA brought together Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the European Union. Solomon Islands and the Samoa were invited to participate as observers.
Calls grow for ‘green clause’ in EU trade deals
25-Oct-2017 EurActiv
There is widespread consensus on the need to level the playing field for European companies confronted with environmental and social dumping from foreign competitors. Just how hard the EU should hit on wrongdoers remains a major sticking point, however.
Access to affordable stents and other medical devices – Indian Government should reject the bullying tactics of the US based medical device industry
25-Oct-2017 Don’t trade our lives away
Access to health products is non-negotiable; the Indian Government should reject the bullying tactics of the US based medical device industry.
EU Parliament approves Morocco aviation deal including Western Sahara
25-Oct-2017 Western Sahara Resource Watch
Opposition referred to the inclusion of Western Sahara, which they say renders the deal illegal under EU law.
Notice of intent to submit claim to arbitration under Korea-United States free trade agreement chapter 11
25-Oct-2017 Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea
First ISDS case against South Korea under Korea-US FTA.
Workers say NAFTA’s neoliberal foundations need to be dismantled from the left—not the right
25-Oct-2017 In These Times
Rejecting both economic nationalism and free-market fundamentalism, workers across North America are building transnational solidarity and demanding labor rights for all.
Pakistan, EFTA states agree to explore trade opportunities
24-Oct-2017 The Nation
Special note was made of suggestions to increase bilateral trade and investment between the two parties.
Indonesia, Chile to conclude trade talks next month
24-Oct-2017 Jakarta Post
The delegates of the Trade in Goods Indonesia-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement have agreed to conclude their negotiations during their latest talks.
Japan to host next round of TPP talks, New Zealand wants changes
24-Oct-2017 Reuters
Japan’s government will host the latest round of negotiations for the 11 nations remaining in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but reaching a final deal has been thrown into doubt by New Zealand’s change of government.
Expansion of geographical indications under CETA now in effect in Canada
24-Oct-2017 Lexology
Canada has implemented a number of amendments to the Canadian Trade-marks Act related to the protection of geographical indications, as a result of the trade agreement between Canada and the European Union.
NAFTA talks must benefit agricultural trade: Mexico
24-Oct-2017 Xinhua
While NAFTA talks continue, Mexico is seeking to diversify its export markets and is expanding agricultural exports to China, Japan, South Korea and countries of the Arabian Peninsula.
Report from the XXIXth round of negotiations of the trade part of the association agreement between the European Union and Mercosur
24-Oct-2017 European Commission
The XXIXth negotiation round of the trade Part of the EU-Mercosur association agreement took place from 2 to 6 October 2017 in Brasilia.
Canada begins free-trade negotiations with Pacific Alliance in Colombia
24-Oct-2017 Finance Colombia
Canada has begun its first round of formal negotiations to forge a free-trade agreement with the Pacific Alliance.
The third track: Trade that builds our economy anew
24-Oct-2017 IATP
The continent needs urgently to deal with the full implications of climate change, eroding soil health, vanishing fresh water aquifers, the obesity epidemic, concentrated corporate power in agricultural markets, deepening inequality, and much more besides.
S. Korea, Central American countries to hold technical meeting for FTA
23-Oct-2017 KBS
South Korea and five Central American countries will hold a technical meeting in Seoul for a final review of the full text of a bilateral free trade agreement.
Breaking down the security exception in the US-Argentina BIT
23-Oct-2017 The Market Mogul
Noting the ad hoc nature of investment arbitration under the ICSID, it is not surprising that two tribunals adopted different interpretations
New Zealand’s Ardern wants to balance trade pact with housing pledge
23-Oct-2017 Bloomberg
Incoming leader Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will still seek membership in the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership even as she strives to honor her election campaign pledge to clamp down on foreign property speculators.